Summary:
Confederate General Fitz Lee writes General F. H. Smith in December, 1863, concerning troop movements in western Virginia, including men from Staunton.

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Gen. F. H. SMITH,
Lexington, Va.:

COLLIERSTOWN,

December 19, 1863

GEN.:

Read the accompanying dispatch and forward it on to Gen. Early as soon as you can. Let your corps go on to Buchanan, as first ordered. I have sent an order to stop any troops that may be coming from Staunton to Lexington, as Gen. Early may need them to throw across to Millborough to put in the vicinity of Covington to stop that road up.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

FITZ. LEE,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 51, Serial No. 108, Pages 804, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.